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the bulbs should be stored in a light and warm situation. 

 Under the influence of a damp cellar, or by exposure to frost, 

 they rapidly decay. 



Use. The flavor of the Shallot is mild and pleasant, and 

 resembles that of the leek. The largest of the bulbs are 

 selected, and employed in the same manner as the garlic or 

 onion. 



Varieties. 



Common or Bulbs about three fourths of an inch in diam- 

 Small Shal- 

 lot. VU. eter at the base, elongated, and enclosed in a 



reddish-yellow skin, or pellicle ; leaves small, ten or twelve 

 inches high. 



This variety is early, keeps well, and is one of the best for 

 cultivation. 



Jersey. VU. Bulbs of large size, often measuring two inches 

 in length, and more than an inch in diameter at the base ; 

 grouped like the other varieties, and enclosed in a light-brown 

 pellicle, as fine in texture as the skin of an onion, which 

 this Shallot much resembles in form and odor. Compared 

 with the Common Shallot, it is more round, the neck is 

 smaller, and it is also more close or compact. Leaves re- 

 markably glaucous, not tall, but of good substance, quite 

 distinct in these respects from the Small or the Large sort. 

 It also sometimes produces seeds ; which is, perhaps, a 

 recommendation, as these, when sown, frequently produce 

 new varieties. It is one of the earliest of all the sorts ; but 

 is comparatively tender, and decays early. 



Large Alen- Bulb remarkably large, exceeding in size that 



of the Jersey Shallot, which it much resembles 



in form and color, and in being tender, decaying early, and 



sometimes running to seed. It is, however, not quite so 



